Now that Russia has granted political asylum to Edward Snowden, this is most certainly going to cause U.S.-Russian relations to become even frostier.With President Obama scheduled to attend the G20 summit in St. Petersburg in September, this issue with Mr. Snowden will most certainly be a political thorn in the president's side.

President Vladimir Putin will use this to pressure President Obama to give ground on issues such as the Syrian civil war and missile defense.This is the last thing that our country needs.

Fasten your seat belts, folks.We are going to be in for a very bumpy ride!